Butterfly Lovers ( Mo hup leung juk ) ( The Assassin's Blade (Sword Butterfly) )

Butterfly Lovers (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Mo hup leung juk
Alternate Title: The Assassin's Blade (Sword Butterfly)
Language Selections:
Chinese ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 4 )

Running Time:
102 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2008 and produced in:
Hong Kong ( India, Eastern Asia )

Directed By:
Jingle Ma

Written By:
Po Chun Chan
Jingle Ma

Actors:
Charlene Choi ..... Zhu Yanzhi
Chun Wu ..... Liang
Ge Hu ..... Ma
Siu-Wong Fan
Shaun Tam
Lung Ti
Seli Xian
Xin Xin Xiong
Harlem Yu

Synopsis:

Charlene Choi plays a girl whose martial arts-obsessed father (Ti Lung) sends her to an all-boys school to study kung fu, disguising her as a male. But when an old acquaintance threatens to expose her, she must use all her skills to prevent it.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the country is in turmoil, and the Manchurians are poised to advance upon the capital of Beijing. The city is in a chaos, with martial arts masters from royal guards to local bandits gathering in the city vying for the map of Taizu Emperor Treasure. Foreign warriors including Yehe Changgong and Ninja woman Mingyue Xin from Okinawa also join the race. The warriors fight their way from the palace to a border town but find the map disappeared. In search of the map, fighters stay in the town and disguise themselves as civilians. Yehe and Mingyue Xin pretend to be a couple and run an inn, while others open various businesses as disguise. They suffer humiliation from young landlord Xu Sanguan for housing rent and debt. What's worse, Xu begins to pursue Mingyue Xin's adapted daughter Tang; while town chief Gu falls for the beautiful Ninja woman. As the fighters feel trapped in the mundane life of the small town, the map is found again. However, will they be the same fighters again after the complex human relationships and who will eventually win the map of treasures

Zhu Yanzhi (Charlene Choi), disguised as a man, seeks to learn martial arts with an elite clan. Once she begins her intense training, Zhu finds herself at odds with her trainer and superior, Liang (Chun Wu).

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 13 May, 2010.